tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1511832611436578978..comments2024-03-28T04:08:45.199-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Is this the 1930's "Dust Bowl" redux?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-3653121705326611162014-05-18T16:58:13.786-05:002014-05-18T16:58:13.786-05:00Wheat is pretty much dead area wide . Even with t...Wheat is pretty much dead area wide . Even with the farming practices we had in the 70 and 80s this area would have blown worse now than it did in the 30s . We are at the point now that some are having to cut ditches 18 to 24 inches deep to try and hold the ground which of course drys out any subsoil moisture that might be there by exposing that depth to the wind . The modern method of chemical no till farming has helped to this point , but we are at the point that the residue left is pretty much gone now and dry enough not even weeds are growing . It will likely get worse before it gets better . Farm.Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02383613366815582389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-21755437183270251222014-05-18T14:06:04.579-05:002014-05-18T14:06:04.579-05:00I can't comment directly on the truthfulness o...I can't comment directly on the truthfulness of this article, but beware of NatG, since they have totally bought into the Glowbull Warmening ideology, along with Progressivism. I stopped reading their mag many years ago, due to their heavy slant. Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-73754799955528021592014-05-17T14:51:13.705-05:002014-05-17T14:51:13.705-05:00The western Great Plains, also called the High Pla... The western Great Plains, also called the High Plains, is a semi-arid region that undergoes periodic droughts. The 1950s were drier than the 1930s, and the 1850-65 drought was probably worse than both of those. It's a normal pattern, one that goes back tens of thousands of years and that predates modern farming, the internal combustion engine, and most human activity in the region. (FWIW I have written two books on this topic, one of which will be out this fall, one of which is hanging fire for various reasons.)<br /><br />For a little additional info, you might look at James Malin's articles from "Kansas History" back in the 1940s (available from Kansas History magazine's digital archive for free), talking about the dust storms prior to 1900.<br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com